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■.structeS ft rude eompa-s 3 feet from L vci'J of iht^rv\\h*myhlT * mire was hauled out and deposited in .the at (he points designated fi\ the compass, a half gallon in each j&iaeeor hill, 3 feet opart. A Her get ting through with this, a small quanti ty of soil or dirt was thrown on the . manure iu each hill, the seed dropped on that and covered. It was at this point, I encountered the greatest dilli-. culty connected with the experiment. The*seed wore perfectly good aud lad jk been saved expro*siy for this experi ment, but not exceeding half the aids came up, and the young Cotton in ma ny of those died in a few days. I com menced replanting immediately, aud much of the r»pd an fed failed to home up, and a great deal of it died out alter it did coma up. L determined the ex periment should not- lull from any want ol energy or exertion on my ] -art. So .soou as I found the replant iailifjyfv T commenced replanting again, aud by thus promptly replanting ami trUUisplani'iig, i obtained, a. tolerable stand, and by the middle of May, 1 bad it progressing Tmelj. Upon one ... quarter of ;m acre of this lot, by traps* I iiad ■ s perfect standi not a single stalk nrifctfrig. It is proper that I remark here,.that the spring was a very favorable one, frequent and light showers, but no heavy falls of rain, which aided me very materially in overcoming the difficulty of an imper fect stand. Every planter would say at onep, however successful might he the result of this experiment, there was too much difficulty and uncertain ty in its practice to receive very gener al favor. Those difficulties, of course, I saw and met very promptly the next year. Tin’s Cotton being planted, in hills, did not require “ chopping out.” 1 had it run round first with a scooter, mid plowed out the middle with a sho vel plow. The Cotton was wed and thinned out just as we do young Corn. After this, the grass and weeds were kept down in the middles by a sweep, running flat and very shallow. At 1 the second hoeing the dirt was pulled to it gently, giving it sufficient hill.— This Cotton was seen frequently dur ing the'summer and fall by the gen tleman, bn whose rich creek hammock I saw the Cotton in 1831), alluded to above, when he pronounced my piney woods Cotton fully equal to his or any he had ever seen. The general opin ion Sgimong the hundreds who examined it that it would turn out 2,000 lbs. pqfcdfe. It was picked carefully, as it opened and weighed by myself. I may her® remark, that the quarter of an acre," ab«»ut which I was so anxious to get a per&gt stand, had been par tially* cow-periped. From the three acres, a I obtained 90- 40 lbs. seed cotto% From the quar ter a perfect -stami,-q»tho’ from replant ing arid transplanting 200 stalks at least, were inierior tn|ghe first stand,- —1 obtained 1510 lbs. FtxS||i sixteen stalks I in a tlicir pmper positions, Bid of the first stand, 1 obtained 544fcj£ Thus, sir, you liave®fe experiment, its origin, its treatmenfpbd the result. It was a triumph my most sanguine expectatiWw—A rriuch larger amount of Cotton hadbecn gath ered per acre, upon' jpopr piney woods land, (it mattered fiotj 10, 'far as the experiment went, at or inconvenience, it whs then a first, crude, undigested than the very richest land pin the minited States had ever gathered befard Al* though this e.xpcrrinent wasaß>secn ted with all the energy and erioßsiasm possible, yet at whole subject assumudJia my very 1 Hill-rent aspect" Here- we#kv bales of Cotton* grown on threg|lßfcs' of the ] .oorest sandy land, (in slate) 1 the cooritrl—-it waajjpnb without ■ y foreign' Ti|pPaimro used, was cMn that the laud, produced, in stalls of the stock, that ngfr iUßbjpn to a* cotton plant a1 i < m the labor with out any dfniet!! ff ally—removed from thcjmalaria of Ac swamps, in! perfect health, with #>od water and every other ebmb>rt|»d convenience common to our pinelKroods country'. This question- very ni||»ily propound ed itself. Can thisexf f%mentbe made the basikof a practical astern of plan tation economy? Tjjjflr experiment, with its difficulties (aiwits success, was •before m Ai&MamhM itsdifficul* ties could be and adapted to tho capacity of of the coun try. o*o it ■ ‘vc4^p^HV)Uld be no manner of object \<jp. 1 Ijkitermined therefore to rmtkofUie efiom and in two yearri h a(l thirty stern its appurtenaneeu-re arnmyd as (tenable me to eprifneuee opperntion* f in* tended,'a.Vsugr .-vd m your •■knmu nication, to treat die subject AflL' and minutely, and in s|ch manner o»oan be clearly under,-Mod and eriwely Comprehended by every person inWie country, interested in its plantdpm economy. w Yours respectful! v. I In’. B.CLOUTW Tiik in t Georgia.—T\c following noth frourSenator D.aw.sli of Georgia, verhr briefly sums up yield of the crobs of corn, cotton, am) potatoes for the) Empire Stale South tliLs yonrr— f GREI£XESBjpRO, G%, Oct. Dear »Sjr-/1 will in quires, and dan do The Georgia eouk be sufficient for home aiul not iu<-)v. The eottydßWml less.than the last voavfuMKThio pothtoe crop almost a crop of cotton fast year .was aabivenmt crop. / jr Vcrf respectfully, JB - dr ty.M. C. DAWSON. J? Jf., G. BEjps T EiT,'E3q t New York. " Mr. Dawpn is, wc believe, largely en gaged is thnffclbffe eon* subject- upon which he So- poihtcfdly and decis ively. Tcp%>) v'enture to" say' that t the Georgia ernkm crop will turn out bottorJlum'hojtnnks for ; that she wiU bflv« *#dle (Wrn to sta for For neighbors, if necessary ; and no lack of potatoes, Irish and sweet incite* ded. Will the honorable Senator oblige us by saying whtther it is the Irish poteUoo or the sweet poUtoe that iu :t almost a failure ?!’ if it is the sweet pot*toe r then the lute drought is without u parallel ia the State of Georgia.—A. F. IltruhL jlottrn. I weary eftheFea. I woarj of t’ o j>eu, _ v ' ‘ Aud wriU aot wi'mmoowu accord; It was ray slave, and I was luppv then; r Tm now my lord. ■»’ ; ■ « >; ■ I weary of tho themes ' ■.'*o" * Which thegioss multitude pursue; Who writes for bread must bid all higher dre*cui ! His last adieu. ' */■;/ 1 JUrccis C.j aut.l.ip*, Burdcu las neck lintil it bleed—* Trample his fiery spirit, and then hope His former speed. ~ .. . I Liii; goo wa a stagnai it pod, Green with the drug* of trade and toil; Youth's pure ideals of the beautiful Are lucres spoil. ! I weary of the pen „ ‘ And write not of my own aocord: It was my slave, and I was huppy then— Alasl ’tja uow my lord. Illiscdlaiims. FOR THB IKDIPJJKDRKT PRESS. THOMAS VERSUS DIDYMUS. Mr. Editor: —Being assailed anc misrepresented, and odium sought tc i be thrown upon the doctrines of Grace, and contempt upon the Baptist denom ination, through the Independent Press. you will of course allow me the rigid of reply. My object at present, will be main ly, to put myself, my people, and th( doctrines involved in a proper-light; •and then, if Didymus- will (like ar honest man,) come out in his own prop er name, and take an open stand against the doctrines in question, he can have discussion to his heart’s content. Foi it does not require “more light’’ than he now possesses, to perceive that his small arms are directed, (and that un der mask,) against the doctrines them selves, ‘ and only against me and my peofile, as we drfre profess and advo cate them. . The whole of Ins strictures forms a -yqfflqt mpiitpy a jumbling of predes tination and election together, and re sisting rill theological distinctions; and all, of course, for. effect. Throw sand in the eyes, and confuse the mind, and then you may control its decisions— right or wrong- The Ist point of “strange theologi cal distinctions,” noticed by Didymus, is, “unconditional election and condi tional salvation.” As the succession of conditional salvation to uncondition al election is the point of demur, I -shall confine my present remarks to the issue j between us, promising Didymus “a i little more light,” by way of proof of j unconditional election, when he sees j proper to deny it. I will, however, ask Brother Didy mus, if he believes God knows all things, and foreknows all who will be saved? If yea, is not salvation his own act? And if so, can he perform that act without intending to do it?— Answer this, l>y answering another: Can you perform a voluntary act, with out first intending to do so? Yery well. Could God intend to perform an act without, knowing the manner in, or incans by, which he would accom plish thatncte-say.of salvation? Now eternal life, or salvation, is the gift of God — -Rom. 6, 23. But a gift al ways implies its reception? You may make a tender, but never a gift, unless it js received. How does the einner, (or tho elect if you please,) rocei ve life ? I answpr by “repentance toward God, and faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ.” Salvation is only offered, and only received upon the condition of repentance and faith. Proof-—'“He that belicvcth on the Son hath everlasting life, but he that bobeveth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.”— John 3, 3fi: and “except yc repent,-yc shall all lik<& wise perish.” The 2nd point noted by Didymus, is, tlqte tho elect themselves cannot be stayed unless they repent and believe. This is truefrom the above quotution ; from l)ie very language in which the doctrine itself is (couched —“Chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the spirit and belief of the truth:.” —A 'fhess. 2, 13. Aud, finally, from the, universal law of Christ, that, “he that beliovcth shall be saved, but ho that belie vet! 1 not shall, be damned.” The 3rd point of Didymus, is a dir ect, positive and )vanton misrepresen tation of myself, my people, and their sentiments. And if ha was present, as I infer froni. |>olne aJUjsiops, he knows it; if he was not, lie ought to Lave been cautious how ho publicly assails minister, and the lafghst Ae norulnaiibn in the State frbm floating' rumors. , . - • ■; • W’ithout quoting all bis language, I will atafo aud answer hi a false alle gation, via: “That God did froni eter nity, bj Hi» bvru sovereign will, with out any reference to then- character or eonduot, predestinate and elect a cer tain number of the human' family to eternal life, thereby securing their sal vation before the world began.” The great wanton misrepresentation iu this is, that they are elected to. eter nal life, “without any reference to their character or conduct.” Didymus, did you hear the sermon ? If so, you know that the opposite of this was one of its great designs. The text wate, “these things write I unto you, that you sin not.’* The grand position was, that the Scriptures generally, and even the doctrines of Grace, in and by the very phraseology in which they are couched, teach us that we ought not to sin—the object of which was to relieve them of the charge impiously made, that they tend to laciviousness, or licentiousness. I distinctly stated, and answered the .very charge that Didymus has here made, aud showed from Pph. 1,4, that they are “chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world,” not to be saved without reference to charaetsr or conduct, but that they should be holy, and without blame before him in love,” and from 2 Thess. 2, 13, “ that God had from the beginning chosen them to salvation, through SANCTIFICATION of the spirit, and be lief of the truth s and from 1 Pet. 1,2, that .they were “elect according to the foreknowledge of God, through sanc tification of the spirit, unto and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ.” The second point of misrepresenta tion under this item, is, that “thereby (election) securing their salvation be fore the world began.” I stated dis tinctly, that all (his election and pre destination of the Bible, form a rule by which God is governed, aud not man; and that, simplified, it was only his eternal, wise and gracious purpose, or design, to do that, or save those whom he does finally save, and which we ALL unite iu ascribing to him when done ; but that this purpose, abstractly considered, saves no one, until and unless the Holy Spirit ac dually convicts the soul, aud “grants it repentance and re mission of sin.” But Didymus alleges that, “according to Calvinism, all who were eternally and unconditionally elected to everlasting life, were also, and precisely in the same manner, eter nally- and- tenc-ondi! ianuily. i-.laafo AauxL predestinated to repentance and faith.” I care nothing for terms in the abstract, not even Calvinism ; fonloug before John Calvin was, Paul, the inspired Apostle, was; and if our views accord with Paulism , it is a matter of no con cern with us, whether they do with John Calvin, James Arminius, or even Didymus, my profound theological an tagonist. Paul says, “We are bound to give thanks always to God for you brethren, beloved of the Lo»l, because ; God has from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification jof the Spirit; and BELIEF of the truth.” This is our faith on this point. But they are compelled to repent aud believe, by eternal election and divine decrees, and cannot help it, charges Didymus. I wonder he had not used the old obsolete phrase against the Baptists, that they teach that sin ners are dragged in. by the hair of the head. This is, again, a false insinua tion. Neither the inspired writera, nor the Baptists, who subscribe to their teachings, inculcate the idea of force or necessity in the work of salvation, as Didymus impiously insinuates ; no not even in their 4th article, to which he so contemptuously alludes. God’s peo ple arc “ called with a holy calling,” u dravjn with cords of love,” and “ with loving kindness,” and thus they be come “ a willing people,” arid run af ter the Lord with alacrity aud delight, Ps. 110, 3. No force or coercion here, but mild , inviting, drawing, winning, and thus efficient grace ; and all in ac cordance with God’s eternal-arid un changeable purpose; unless Didymus will’makc him wake up (like man) from the spur of the moment, with a new conception of sending his spirit to con vert this or that man, of which he had no knowledge before, and consequent ly no purpose or plan; although the Apostle says, “Who hath saved ua, arid called us with an holy calling, not according to-our works, but according to his own purpose, and Grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began.” 1 Tim. 1, 9. But Didymus makes frequent and invidious allusions to the phrase “ be fore the world began,” and applies it to the Baptists, as though they were its author. Will heyxllow me to give him “ a little more light ” by way of inform ing him that Paul, and not the Bap tists, is its author? And if he “spoke as ho was moved upon Jay the Holy Spirit,” then it is the kmguago of the Holy Ghost; arid you, bro. Didymus, are responsible to hint foi* your rejoo turn* arid contempt ’ of it. Paul Isas three plirtisCs on this’ subject “ Before the world began“ From the begin ning;”; and, “Before Ihe : foundation of the world %. the disiiueVion of which, I will feavo you to draw.?, The last, though not least point of “strauge thooldgiealdistiaction, of the Calviuistic clergyman of the Missiona ry B ftp tint Church,” Ls the difference between atonement and redemption. — Here again is coinage of his own, and garbling, of course, for effect. I deni ed then (aud now do) that these terms are synonymous, but never separated them so as to leave no relationship whatever, between them: Nor did I say that Christ died to atone for all men, but that he did riot die to redeem all men. This is tautology, and a con tradiction iu terms, % seeks, to palm upon me, though with signal fail ure. Didymus, moreover, is inconsist ent with himself. Ia his great zeal to contemn me and iny doctrine, he first demur* to my denial that ‘the terms I , Atonement and IWlefnptiou are syn onymous, and then admits tire distinc tion of cause and effei^. Consistency is a precious jewel! The views I entertain upon the sub ject, and which I then expressed, (in a hasty manner, I grant,) are as follows: The original words themselves differ respectively, as do also their significa tions. They differ in object. Atone ment is offered (to God, Redemption is procured for men. The former is a sacrifice offered! the latter is a benefit conferred. Atonement was to render God propitious, Redemption was to make men happy. The end of Attiiem«nt was, “that God might be just,; while he justified him that believeth jn Jesus.” Atone ment, then, is, in ijs very nature, infi nite, being a sacrifice of infinite value: For, who can overrate the precious blood of Christ? [Redemption], hav ing reference to pen, is, in .the very nature of the case, limited to the num ber of those to whom it is actually and personally applied. Redemption is not expiation for sin, [but. actual deliver ance from sin, by means of such expia tion. Hence Christ is said to have “obtained eternal Redemption for us, by his blood.” Heb. 9, 12. And hence, Redemption is used for repent ance, which is actual deliverance from punishment. “ In. whom we have Re demption through his blood, -the FOR GIVENESS of sins.” Eph. 1. 7. “In whom wc have Redemption, through Ills blood, even the forgiveness of sins.” Col. 1, 14. It is also used for the actu al Resurrection of the body front the “Even we, ourselves, groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.”— “And grieve not the Iloly Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of Redemption ” Eph. 4, 30. Thus, we are prepared to state, that the Atonement was completed on the cross, when Christ exclaimed, “It is finish ed.” But that Redemption is in daily progress, and will not be completed un til it delivers the (body to the toiub.— “Redeemed unto God,” “Redeemed from the Earth,” and “from among men,” “by the blood,” or “the blood of Christ,” are common scripture ex pressions. 1 must stop by adding one quotation more. “ For thou wastslain, and hast Redeemed us to God, out of ev ery kindred,” &c., “by thy blood.” What say. you now, bro. Didymus? Have I given you “light” to satisfy you, that, according to scripture usage, the terms arc not synonymous, but dif fer in nature, import and application? If so, where is your denial ? Daniel says, “ the entrance of thy Word giveth light.” llow much of the light of Gpd’s word has entered your mind or heart, is not for me to say, but I can say that none has entered your commu nication. I will now give you the three prominent views entertained of the Atonement, with results; judge ye which is yours. Ist. The Arminian holds, that Christ absolutely, and in an active sense, died for the salvation of all. men. Now, such an Atonement, iuvolviug by its very terms, design, runs inevitably into universal salvation ; or the purpose of the immutable Jehovah falls. 2dly. The hyper-Calvinist maintains that Christ died exclusively and alone for the elect; so that they, and they only, can be saved. This is the com mercial view of the Atonement. Illus tration: Ais indebted to B. so much ; but C voluntarily agrees, and actually and literally does pay off A’s indebt edness to B. This being thus done, A lias the right to come forward and claim and demand acquittal from B.—~ Fatal to this view of the Atonement, is the fact, that debts are transferable, but crimes arc not., Hence, I learn from Christian experience, and my Bible, that sinners, (the elect, if yon. please,) when convicted of sin, come to the mercy shat as gni/tg, univorthy svppil ants, and not claimants. Atonement then is a moral and not a commercial transaction. No marvel that this class arc artti-riVeafis men, and avow that they are? not sent to preach to sinners. ' 3rti]yj The moderate calvi nists believe t&nd teach (in coutradistinction to the' armimans and hypercalvmists,) that while Gbd know. 4 all the results grow ing out of,the Atonement of his Son, and therefore purposed them, (for con nection of purpose and foreknowledge see Horn. 8. 28, 29.) still the" Atone ment is, in, and of itself ample, full and complete ; sufficient and adapted to-all mankind. Hence, the Gospel may be, as it is commanded to be, preached “in all the world,” “to every creature;” with all its invitations, calls, and prom ises. To this class, I and my brother Missionary Baptists generally hare the happiness to belong; and we can adopt the sentiments expressed by the Poet, “Enough fur all, enough for each, enough forevermore.” “Come all the world, come sinner thou, all things in Christ are ready now.” Iri conclusion, I ask who is to be the exponent of the Baptist faith and doctrines; they them selves or Brother Duly rims / If the latter, wo be to them; and the truth as it is in Jesus. How invidious your last insinuation, that I shrink from coming out “the bold champion of my Calvinistic faith,” or of mv 4th article, “which is about the same thing when understood,” and all of which, while it saves a definite portion of the hu man family, consigns to eternal death the balance of mankind, =from fatal ne cessity or Divine decrees. The latter we deny as being any j>art of our faith, or as legitimately growing out of the doctrines of Grace we hold, your “com ments,” discovery of “mystery,” and “sophistry,” and latin exclamation “ riivrahile dicta ” to the contrary not withstanding. T. U. WILKES. Eatonton, Oct. 24, 1854. SELECTED FOB THE INDEPENDENT FEESfI. Remember This.—A Husband in a moment of hasty* wrath, said to his wife, who but a few moments before had united her fate to his, “If you are not satisfied with my conduct, go ; return to your friends and your happiness.” “ And will you give me back that which I brought to you ?” asked the despairing wife. “ Yes ”he replied, “all your wealth shall go with you —I covet it not." “Alas!” she answered, “I thought not of my wealth : I spoke of my maiden affec tions—of my buoyant hope—of my de voted love; can you give these back tome?” •“No" said the man, throw ing himself at her feet. “No ! I can not restore these; but I will do more : I will keep them unsullied and un stained ; I will cherish them through iiie,..and in.death, and never again will I forget that I have sworn to protect and to cherish her who gave up to me all she held most dear.” S. &eii. €ass. Gen. Cass, iu a late speed delivered in Michigan, said that “Slavery is aso cial and political evil, and he hoped for its extirpation.” Upon this avow al some southern Presses commented with severity—comments which drew from the “Free, Press” of Detroit, a pa per devoted to the interests of General Cass, the following explanation : “ If the Richmond Enquirer, or any body else in the South, supposes that •Northern Democrats will think other wise than that slavery is a great so cial and politiel evil, the sooner the im pression is got rid of the better. It is a great social and political evil ; a dreadful incubus. But the South, and not the North, is the greatest sufferer from the evil. If the South wants it, if she is willing to travel on with the weight upon her, it is her own af fair, her own right; aright the Noth has agreed to respect and protect and and the Forth will do it. But (and let the Richmond Enquirer mark it) the Democracy of the North know how to reconcile devotion to the Con stitution with a sense of common pro priety and common decency, and com mon intelligence. They can distin guish between devotion to the Consti tution and submission to a blind, intol erant, fanatical spirit which demands of Northern men that they shall say that slavery is right. It is the sincere, con stant, patriotic devotion of the. Democ racy of the North to the Constitution that has so often made the party pow erless before the surges of abolition fanaticism w 1 deli have rolled over it and swept many of its best men to oblivion and forgetfulness. The De mocracy of the North are devoted to the Constitution. They will maintain it and all its compromises at every sacri fice and m the face of every danger.— None of our men have suffered more in the North from single-hearted devo tion to the Constitution than Gen. Cass, and no one better knew the consequen ces' to himself whenever he took his po sition, than he did.” It is scarcely necessary says the Wash ington Union to remark that the editor of the in i<purer is not in a condition to understand or represent fairly and correctly the sentiment of the South in respect to Gen Cass. The medium of prejudice and dislike through which he views that great statesman renders it impossible for him to be im partial. The fact that lie is blinded by liis personal prejudices is fully evident in the gratuitous and unfounded asser tion that the Union and other journals in the interest of General Cass are mak ing a concerted effort to run him again for the presidency. This remark lias no legitimate foundation in anything that lias ever appeared in the 'Union and we have seen nothing to justify it iu any other journal. The Union has made ijo efforts to.liripg forward any individual for the succession. It wifi ,not do so, but stand prepared to give* 'to the nominee of the National Conven tion a hearty suppdrt. The 'Union has stepped forwai'cl promptly Jo the de fence of every democrat who lias been uujustly assailed—General Cass not more so than, a long; list of other emi ment statesmen whom we might enum erate. We shall continue to do so, regardless’of the groundless inferences which tlic AV/am/' may draw. it that journal has a favorite for the suc cession, it will.afford unjust as much pleasnue to defend him as General Gass, and we will do so as promptly and as earnestly. If the idea that we are ma king an effort to > ruu General Cass again has influenced the Enquirer to assail him, we trust that, for the good of the party, it may not again lead that journal into such indiscreet tpid unjus tifiable attacks. The Enquirer can not affect the standing of General Cass with the democracy, either at the South or the North—that no friend'of his fears —but it may contribute tr> stir up jeal ousies which may affect the harmony and strength of the party. The abol itionist ere already making an injurious use of the attacks of the Enquirer —so much so that wo are surprised that that j journal does not .see that it is furnish ing them with materials with which to assail every northern democrat who is fighting the battle for the rights and in terests of the South. Mr. Orestes Brownson, in a late num ber of his Review, spoke in favor of Know Nothingism, in a certain jesuitical sense, that bothered the brains of both his friends and enemies. In the latest Review he explains him self. Tie is one sense, on the side of the Know Nothings, and in another sense, he is not. In respect that a great many revolutionists and red republi cans, all godless men, come to this country, he would be content to join the Know Nothings against foreign in cursion. But in respect that many good Catholics come to .these shores, he is not disposed to exercise the plea of uativeisrn against them. Ice! Ice!! —We havnoidea of in diting a paragraph about those two. or three (which was it?) lost cargoes of the Reynold street Tee Company, which, strangely enough, have never been heard of, that we know of, save in the statements of a member of the lee Com pany ; (we fear that vessels, cargoes and crews have all been lost at sea ; ) but simply to state, that Ice was formed yesterday morning, in the open air, three miles from the city on the Geor gia Railroad. We saw it, and know what we state to bo true. Speaking of lost cargoes, we are wholly unable to satisfy the public cu riosity, not to say anxiety, as to the fate of the unfortunate vessels and crews. Chronicle <b Sentinel. The New Poet.—Gerard M assay, the young English poet, is a factory operative. At the ago of eight years he commenced work in a silk factory 1 for fid. a week. Jiis father was a j poor canal boatman, earning the wa- | ges of ten shillings a week. From J this social position, the young poet I has struggled, until his fame as a ! writer is last becoming familiar to thqp intelligent minds of the old and new worlds. Young Attorney—A useless mem ber of society, who often goes where he has no business to be, be cause he has no business where he ought to be. — Prentice, of the Louisville Journal | is a hard one. Hear him : “ The editor of the Albany Atlas, in a dissertation on the phrenological bumps, says he should like to feel the heads of some of the whig editors. We believe he has felt the feet of two or three of them, to his heart’s content.” An Amateur. Bear Hunt.— Nine bears driven by the fire from their home in Washington county, late ly undertook to emigrate to Vermont. While swimming the bay a couple of miles from \\ hite hall, a woman and boy gave chase to an old she bear swim ming with her cubs. They rowed up to the old lady and rapped her head with an oar. She turned and put her paws on the edge of the boat, and pro- j posed to come aboard to settle the mat- J ter. At the same time the cubs and ; another big bear turned about to see ! if it was a freefight and if so they wan- I ted to be “counted in.” The boatmen j finding a bigger light than they bargain- j ed for, proposed a “ compromise,” and both parties made a straight wake for the shore in opposite directions. Tt is generally supposed that the woman and boy will not soon go on another bear hunt on Lake Champlain. Wit AT THEY CALL LOVE LICKS IX Geumany —The watch last night ar rested Susannah Ilisterman, on the charge of hitting her husband over the head with a stick of wood, whilst asleep in bed. W hen brought to the Sta tion House, and interrogated as to the reason for her unwifelike conduct, she answered that she only hit him because shy loved him. In the Faderland, she said that if was jt-hc‘custom when one wanted to show that they loved anoth er, they generally struck the object of then legard, and the strength of the blow showed the strength of their friendly feelings i—Baltimore Patriot. Real Kcoxomy— Progress!vSL. -tobacco which has been chewed once, mav be Tendered' 1 lit for chOwiim a second time, by dipping it in vinegar and water and drying it in the sun?- A colored gentleman in the city sells hundreds of pounds per week,' which has been renewed m this manner I[ e can safely recommend it, as he has chewed all of it himself, and knows it to be genuine. Pacha aye paper. \\ ell ee ally, .! improvements are being made m'-'everything,' and the above is not less val uable than novel—j rorj to judge of the almost universal j x ,se of the vim ■'alarming stezv llity of the out tobacco fields, we have occasion to anticipate a scarcity of the' article to supply the hern and, at no dis tant day ; therefore, if the old quids can be regenerated so as to go through the mill again, the world will save hun dreds of thousands of dollars annual-' ly. Besides, we like the idea in another point of view ; the tobacco lrav ing been once used, has lost no small share of its nauseous qualities, and will therefore be 1 more agreeable to the taste, and far less injurious to the nerves. This, truly, is a utilitarian age —verily, we live in a day of pro-'- gress. — Water Care Journal According to the Washington Corres pondent of the N. Y. tribune, confi dontial agents of the Cuban expedi* tion now fitting out under the com' mand of Gen. Quitman, have recent ly been in Washington to ascertain how far the Administration are favor able to the scheme,. and will-tolerate its execution. Repeated private inter views were Lad with the President and Secretaries the result of which was not encouraging to the projectors. Se cretary Marty declared himsell inflex ibly hostile to the whole undertaking, and the majority of the Cabinet are with him. Swimming the Missisippi.—Last Monday a stranger was seen to step de liberately into the river at the wnarf, with his clothes and bat on, and swim S the Mesaissippi from the Illinois to the Missouri shore, losing scarcely two hundred yards by the current and com ing out about the ferry landing. Ilis progress was watched by a good many persons. He swam very rapaidly, his hat remaining on during the perfor mance, nor did it appear to get wet. When he got to the opposite side he walked deliberately across the strip of beach anti up tlie bank, disappearing in the woods on tho opposite side, as he was on business. — Chester (111.) Paper. -It was ascertained that this man swam the river to avoid the payment of five cents for the ferriage, which he pronounced an imposition. Canals vs. Railroads McAl pino states that “ the freighting busi ness of the New York canals exceeds the combined business of all the Cana dian and Pennsylvania canals, and the New York and Pennsylvania and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroads by for ty per cent, and that the Western bu siness done by the New York canals is three times as great as the aggregate business of all the other lines; and al so that the chief part of the business done by these lines is the local traffic of the country through which they pass. The cost of transport by these routes, as stated in the last report, limits the e\tcnt*of their competition forthetrade of the West, and hence the rivalry for this trade is between the water lines leading to New York and those lead ing to New Orleans. When the en largement of the Erie Canal is com pleted the cost of transport will be so much reduced that the product of the. West can be brought to the N. York market from as far as the confluence of the Ohio. Whenever this is done it will add to the business,of tlie New York canals the trade- of one-fourth of the States of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky; of one-half of tlie States ollllinois and Wisconsin, and of tlie whole of the Western Missisippi Valley above the Vaileyof the Ohio.” —Albany Argus. Manufactured Tobacco.—The Lynchburg Republican says, up to the Ist October 15,576,760p0unds of man ufactured tobacco were shipped from that place, which when compared with the shipment for the corresponding pe riod of last year, shows a decrease of 6,649,010 pounds. In shipment of leaf tobacco, there is an increase of 3,115,- 160 pounds. * The Columbia Carolinian says that an interesting case, which has been on the docket for three years, was tried on Thursday, as to the status of a girl claimed as a slave by a gentleman of Chester District. It occupied the Court nearly two days, and was decid ed in favor of the girl being an Indian, and entitled to freedom. Idic coroner’s jury have found Mr.. George W. Green, a wealthy citizen of Chicago, guilty of poisoning his wife with strychnine. The Chicago journals think that from the wealth and position of the accused, his trial is likely to make a sensation only less than Dr. Webster’ a few years ago. A Good Reasox. —There was once a clergyman iu New Hampshire noted for his long*»ermons and indolent hab its. “How js it ?” said a man to his neighbor, “'that Parson P the la ziest, man living, writes these intermi nable sermons V” “ Why,” said the other, “ lie proba bly gels to writing and is too lazv to stop,” The brewers in Albany have resolv ed to advance their beer one dollar per barrel. It went into operation Mon day. The rates fixed upon are $7 for draf t ale, $9 for bottling ale and porter I net. This advance is caused bv the high | prices now paid for barley and hops. I TirE Collins Steam Line.—The : wreck of the American steamship Arc he leaves the line only three steamers, and grogtly increases'their service ami the labors Iff the masters and crew, in order to keep up steadily the fornight ly trips, and tho mail contract with the government. The Moi ’tnons continue to make great progress in Europe. All over England they aremak mg converts, and the London Times thinks their religi ous services ought not. to be protect ed by the laws.. The British army in T urkey CQi itniiis several branch es of the church.' At Uamljurg the authorities have, prohibited their meetings The Mormon emigration of next year to the